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Computer vision and machine learning to the rescue?
by antisthenes 10y ago
Computer vision and machine learning to the rescue?
- gingerbread-man 10y agoI think it would be a very hard problem. Take a look at some pictures of cars in traffic-- the seatbelt is extremely hard to see. If it were doable, it would probably take more optics engineers than ML scientists; glare and lack of contrast look like the biggest problems.
- gingerbread-man 10y agoThe truly cool application of technology to traffic enforcement is the speed camera lottery in Stockholm. I have very mixed feelings on automatic license plate readers: rules for what can and can't be done with the data they produce don't really exist, and that's a real problem.
- gingerbread-man 10y agoThe better way to make people wear their seatbelts would be to standardize a really annoying seatbelt alarm in every car. I have a Subaru Forrester, and if I unbuckle my belt for 10s in my driveway, it goes crazy. Fun fact: At the police department, we actually had the seatbelt alarms for all of our cruisers disconnected. Being able to get quickly in and out without the seatbelts snagging on our gear was the priority at low speed. Most officers are trained to unbuckle and be ready to exit the vehicle before coming to a full stop (technically illegal.)